Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in a World Series classic.
The defending champion Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup and still have a chance to win the title at home - something they haven't done since 1963.
"That could go down as one of the greatest games of all time,'' manager Dave Roberts said.
Freeman connected off left-hander Brendon Little, sending a 406-foot drive to straightaway center field to finally end a game that lasted 6 hours, 39 minutes, and matched the longest by innings in postseason history.
"Oh gosh, just pure excitement,'' he said. "That's as good as it gets."
The only other Series contest to go 18 innings was Game 3 at Dodger Stadium seven years ago. Freeman's current teammate, Max Muncy, won that one for Los Angeles with an 18th-inning homer against the Boston Red Sox in a game that took 7 hours, 20 minutes.
A total of 19 pitchers - 10 for the Dodgers - combined to throw 609 pitches in a game that ended at 11:50 p.m. on the West Coast. Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw came out of their bullpen to escape a bases-loaded jam in the 12th, pitching in extra innings for the first time in his illustrious career.
Game 4 is tonight in Los Angeles.